If the United States does not send Kiev the military aid it needs, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) will steadily withdraw. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky stated this in a meeting with a newspaper columnist. washington post David Gets Hot.
According to him, the lack of support from the United States will lead to the fact that Ukraine “will not have air defense (air defense), missiles. [зенитных ракетных комплексов] Patriot, electronic countermeasures, 155 mm artillery shells.”
“This means that we will retreat step by step, in small steps,” the head of state continued.
He noted the lack of ammunition. The politician noted that if the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not have them in sufficient quantities, they only need to “reduce the front line.”
Zelensky also said that his country was running out of air defense (air defense) supplies.
“Without support from Congress, we will have a major missile shortage. That’s a problem,” he said.
The head of state added that Ukraine has increased the number of its own air defense systems, but this is not enough.
Zelensky this week statedThat the Ukrainian Armed Forces are not ready to defend themselves in the event of a major Russian attack.
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